著者

土田 真二 藤原 義弘 藤倉 克則

出版者

JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF BENTHOLOGY

雑誌

日本ベントス学会誌 = Japanese journal of benthology (ISSN:1345112X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.58, pp.84-88, 2003-06-27

被引用文献数

4 15 1

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The spatial distribution around hydrothermal vents, population structure, and relative growth parameters of the galatheid crab Shinkaia crosnieri were examined. Surveys were done by the Shinkai 2000 on the Hatoma and Dai-yon Yonaguni Knolls in the southern Okinawa Trough. On the Hatoma Knoll, S. crosnieri inhabited areas (temp. 4.0-6.2°C) about 0.2-2 m away from the active vent (temp. 301°C). In the outer area of the habitat of S. crosnieri (temp. 3.0-3.7°C), dense beds of Bathymodiolus mussels occurred and aggregations of Alvinocaris shrimp were observed. In this survey, 248 specimens of S. crosnieri were collected. Small, probably just post-metamorphic juveniles and large, mature adults co-occurred. Chelipeds of males were proportionally larger than those of females, while abdomens of females were proportionally larger than those of males. Larger chelipeds in males are thought to have evolved through male-male competition for females, and wider abdomens in females are thought to be related to the attachment of fertilized eggs to the abdominal appendages.

著者

中田 和義 永野 優季 大橋 慎平 河合 俊郎 大高 明史

出版者

日本ベントス学会

雑誌

日本ベントス学会誌 (ISSN:1345112X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.69, no.2, pp.90-94, 2014-12-31 (Released:2016-02-06)

参考文献数

24

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In Lake Akan, Hokkaido, northern Japan, the local population of the native and endangered Japanese crayfish Cambaroides japonicus (De Haan, 1841) is extinct, whereas the signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus (Dana, 1852), an invasive species from North America, has become established and rapidly increased. This study provides information about specimens of C. japonicus preserved by Dr. Saburo Hatta from the lake in 1872. The six specimens (two males and four non-ovigerous females) are valuable evidence of C. japonicus formerly inhabiting Lake Akan. The body sizes of the specimens were 24.4–29.5 mm in carapace length and 55.7–67.4 mm in total length, and the estimated age of the largest specimen was ten years, indicating that Lake Akan of that time provided a suitable habitat. Twenty-two ectosymbiotic crayfish worms (Annelida, Clitellata, Branchiobdellida) were found attached to the specimens. Three branchiobdellidan species were identified: Cirrodrilus cirratus Pierantoni, 1905, C. inukaii (Yamaguchi, 1934) and C. megalodentatus (Yamaguchi, 1934). This is the first record of the latter two species from Lake Akan.

著者

岡本 直子 逸見 泰久

出版者

日本ベントス学会

雑誌

日本ベントス学会誌 (ISSN:1345112X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.57, pp.75-78, 2002-06-27 (Released:2009-08-07)

参考文献数

8

被引用文献数

1 1

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The reproductive strategy of the parasitic isopod Onisocryptus ovalis in the luminescent ostracod Vargula hilgendorfii was studied at a beach in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, and in the laboratory, mainly from April 2000 to May 2001. Onisocryptus ovalis is a protandrous hermaphroditic species and changes from a mobile male to an immobile female that loses most of its appendages and has a sack-like body. Male parasites O. ovalis invade female hosts V. hilgendorfii, eat the host eggs, change sex, produce eggs, and die after the eggs have hatched. Some parasites invade immature or male hosts, but move to female hosts immediately afterwards. The percentage of hosts parasitized by O. ovalis was low (0-18%) from summer to autumn, but increased greatly (28-91%) from winter to spring mainly because of a shortage of hosts. Usually, one or two male parasites were found in a host, and only one male of them changed sex. From winter to spring, however, up to 8 male parasites were found in a host and a maximum of five changed sex. The most adaptive parasitic strategy of O. ovalis seems to fertilize eggs as a male as many times as possible, and then to produce more eggs as the only female in a host, although these parameters are not available at present.

著者

遊佐 貴志 千葉 晋

出版者

JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF BENTHOLOGY

雑誌

日本ベントス学会誌 (ISSN:1345112X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.69, no.1, pp.18-22, 2014

被引用文献数

1

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Member of the genus <i>Neomysis</i> inhabit estuaries or lagoons in temperate to subarctic areas and are important in the food webs of those areas, but there have been few studied of this genus in the Northwest Pacific. We examined geographical variations in the species composition of mysids including <i>Neomysis</i> in eastern Hokkaido, Japan. The species composition of mysids was classified into three groups. The first group consists of mainly <i>Neomysis mirabilis</i>, the second group consists of only <i>N. awatschensis</i>, and the third group consists of several species. These types are closely related to geographical features and salinity. This study reveals that the species compositions of mysids vary considerably between locations even though these locations at similar latitude.

著者

大隅 大 弥益 輝文

出版者

JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF BENTHOLOGY

雑誌

日本ベントス学会誌 = Japanese journal of benthology (ISSN:1345112X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.55, pp.9-14, 2000-07-25

被引用文献数

3

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Specimens of the nudibranch Gymnodoris nigricolor were found on the fins of three gobiid fish species, Amblyeleotris ogasawarensis, Ctenogobiops pomastictus, and C, feroculus, near Oujima and Sesoko Islands, Okinawa, in February and May, 1994. These gobiids inhabit the burrows of snapping shrimps. The nudibranchs could be found attached to any fin (caudal, dorsal, pectoral, anal, and pelvic fins) of these fish, and they appeared to feed on a portion of the fin membrane together with one or two of the adjacent fin rays. In the laboratory, G. nigricolor also attached to a free-living gobiid fish, Bathygobius cocosensis. Nudibranchs gathered in glass tubes that had been used as refuges by A. ogasawarensis and C. pomastictus. This suggests that the nudibranchs were attracted to substances that had originated from the fish and remained in the tubes. The nudibranchs did not always attach to the fins of test fish, and individuals that did so detached themselves 1-2 days later. Their association with the fish thus appears to be a predator-prey interaction. Spawning of Gymnodoris nigricolor was observed in a rearing tank. About 200-700 eggs of 0.15 mm in diameter were found in each egg mass. Embryos hatched 10-11 days after oviposition at 24°C.

著者

大隅 大 弥益 輝文

出版者

日本ベントス学会

雑誌

日本ベントス学会誌 (ISSN:1345112X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.55, pp.9-14, 2000-07-25 (Released:2009-08-07)

参考文献数

3

被引用文献数

1 3

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Specimens of the nudibranch Gymnodoris nigricolor were found on the fins of three gobiid fish species, Amblyeleotris ogasawarensis, Ctenogobiops pomastictus, and C, feroculus, near Oujima and Sesoko Islands, Okinawa, in February and May, 1994. These gobiids inhabit the burrows of snapping shrimps. The nudibranchs could be found attached to any fin (caudal, dorsal, pectoral, anal, and pelvic fins) of these fish, and they appeared to feed on a portion of the fin membrane together with one or two of the adjacent fin rays. In the laboratory, G. nigricolor also attached to a free-living gobiid fish, Bathygobius cocosensis. Nudibranchs gathered in glass tubes that had been used as refuges by A. ogasawarensis and C. pomastictus. This suggests that the nudibranchs were attracted to substances that had originated from the fish and remained in the tubes. The nudibranchs did not always attach to the fins of test fish, and individuals that did so detached themselves 1-2 days later. Their association with the fish thus appears to be a predator-prey interaction. Spawning of Gymnodoris nigricolor was observed in a rearing tank. About 200-700 eggs of 0.15 mm in diameter were found in each egg mass. Embryos hatched 10-11 days after oviposition at 24°C.